Re: IN/OUT parameters

Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> writes:
> create function foo( out p1 int, in p2 int, out p3 int) ....
> then a subsequent

> "{call = select foo(?,?,?)}

> This would need to be currently transformed into select foo(?), with the
> other two being discarded.

> It seems to me that the bind message needs to support the notion of
> direction in order for this to work cleanly.

How would it help for BIND to incorporate direction? What would it even
*mean* for BIND to incorporate direction --- it's a client-to-server
message, and can hardly be expected to transmit data in the reverse
direction.

regards, tom lane